  {"id":10255,"date":"2023-06-14T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/iss\/?page_id=10255"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:49:46","slug":"social-security-letter-request","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/iss\/iss-virtual-office-assistant\/social-security-letter-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Letter Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;16px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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